Administration

Director: Thomas B. Lawrence (www.sfu.ca/~tblawren) is the Weyerhaeuser Professor of Change Management at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He received his PhD in organizational analysis from the University of Alberta in 1993, and was on the faculty of the University of Victoria until 2002. Professor Lawrence has also been a visiting scholar at the University of St. Andrews, Chulalongkorn University, McGill University, Royal Roads University, and the University of British Columbia.

His research focuses on the dynamics of power, change and institutions in organizations and organizational fields. It has appeared in leading academic journals including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, and the Journal of Management. He is a co-editor of the recently published, Sage Handbook of Organization Studies, Second Edition.

He was awarded the Western Academy of Management's Ascendant Scholar Award in 2001, and the Research Excellence Award from SFU Business in 2005. Currently, he serves on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Management Inquiry, and Strategic Organization.

Associate Director: Stephanie Bertels joined SFU Business in 2008 from the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where she spent two years on a post-doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). She holds a PhD in strategy and global management and sustainable development from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary. Prior to earning her PhD, Stephanie worked in industry as an environmental engineer.

An Assistant Professor in Technology and Operations Management at SFU Surrey, Stephanie’s research interests include innovations related to sustainability, institutional change, inter-organizational collaboration, and resilience and reliability. Her current research bridges organization theory and the issues surrounding sustainable development to explore how organizations can develop and implement innovative strategies for a more sustainable future. Stephanie currently teaches Sustainable Innovation and Business, Society and Ethics.